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PARK BOARD September 9 , 1985 Chairman Ken Johnson called to order the regular Park Board meeting at 6 : 07 P.M. , September 9 , 1985 . All members - Lindy, Ray Johnson , Nissen , Sacco, Flannery - were present . Mr. Scherer has resigned leaving one vacancy on the Board. Also present were Mr. Schumacher, City Administrator and Mrs . Foster, Secretary. Mayor Benson joined a_portion .gf the meeting later. Mr. Bohjanen, Council Liaison was absent . CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES - August 13 , 1985 Mr. Ray Johnson moved to approve the minutes of the August 13 Park Board meeting as presented. Motion seconded by Mr. Sacco and carried. PARK DEDICATIONS Mayor Benson arrived during the following discussions of park dedi- cation issues . Sunset Oaks - Mr. Schumacher reported that the attorney for the owners of Sunset Oaks sent a letter to the City in response to the outcome of the Park Board' s decisions at their July 1 , 1985 meeting. In a letter to the owners of Sunset Oaks , the City proposed four lots for park dedication and the remainder of the park dedication requirement in money to develop a tot lot n and ballfield on the park. Sunset Oak' s attorney presented a counterproposal of different lots from which to choose and a lesser amount of development of the park. The concensus of the Board was to arrange a meeting between Mr. Tilsen, Mr. Stanley (Tilsen representative) , Lino Lakes Council representative , Mr. Schumacher, and as many Park Board members as can attend, to discuss this situation and to negotiate toward a possible mutually agreeable compromise . The Park Board feels that in terms of the lots which have been requested for park property, the City should stand firm so as not to accept marginal property. Mr. Schumacher agreed to have staff arrange this meeting and contact all those involved. 1985 Park Dedication Receipts - For informational purposes , Mr. Kluegel , Building Official , listed the park dedication fees re- ceived thus far in 1985 throughout the City in a memo dated 8/21/85 . The total was $2 ,145 . Mr. Schumacher reported an additional receipt of $8 , 300 as full payment of park dedication fees from Rice Lake Estates . Recent Park Dedications - Bailey and Knabe Metes 8 Bounds Convey- ances - Mr. Schumacher reported, for the Park Board' s information that recently the Council approved two metes and bounds convey- ances for Mr. Steve Bailey and Mr. Robert Knabe . These two landowners were required, per the new park dedication policy, to pay a fee of $160 each for park dedication. The Council felt , when approving these conveyances that the question of park dedi-